fielder has not been designated for assignment, nor has he been released. he remains on the 60-day disabled list, and will until the season ends. at that point, texas can release him or trade him (likely forfeiting any insurance money), or they can add him back to their 40-man roster (which keeps him in the texas organization). come spring training 2017, fielder is a near-guarantee to be put back onto the 60-day disabled list, then back on the 40-man throughout the 2017-2018 offseason. keep repeating this until 2020, when his contract expires.

unless the rangers are super desperate for a 40-man roster spot in any of the next four offseasons, i can't see them cutting ties with fielder.

so, if you are hopeful that the brewers sign fielder, look for that to happen no earlier than 2021.

on 7 november, the rangers activated fielder from the 60-day disabled list and returned him to their 40-man roster. he will undoubtedly hold that roster spot throughout the offseason.

on 7 november, the rangers activated fielder from the 60-day disabled list and returned him to their 40-man roster. he will undoubtedly hold that roster spot throughout the offseason.

That would be a really annoying technicality. Not only do have to pay the guy, but you have to sacrifice a 40 man spot in order to have the insurance cough up their portion. Let me count the ways in which I'm thankful we did not re-sign The Prince.

Should be an interesting case study in how much teams' value their 40 man roster spots. The Rangers essentially playing with only 39 certainly puts them at a marginal disadvantage. Depending on how many guys Texas feels they need to protect the year before Fielder's contract expires I could see them releasing him and foregoing the insurance payment for the last season.

i would think that texas could also sign a player to a guaranteed minor league one-year deal but have the salary be for millions of dollars--with the full intention to have him on the 25-man roster all season once spring training ends.

Considering that there have been qualifying offer free agents floating around into spring training the last few years, I don't know if having late flexibility is really a problem for Texas. Honestly, there's always that Loogy or other fungible reliever floating around too. I don't see the 40th guy on the roster being the difference between Texas competing or not competing.

fielder has not been designated for assignment, nor has he been released. he remains on the 60-day disabled list, and will until the season ends. at that point, texas can release him or trade him (likely forfeiting any insurance money), or they can add him back to their 40-man roster (which keeps him in the texas organization). come spring training 2017, fielder is a near-guarantee to be put back onto the 60-day disabled list, then back on the 40-man throughout the 2017-2018 offseason. keep repeating this until 2020, when his contract expires.

unless the rangers are super desperate for a 40-man roster spot in any of the next four offseasons, i can't see them cutting ties with fielder.

so, if you are hopeful that the brewers sign fielder, look for that to happen no earlier than 2021.

on 7 november, the rangers activated fielder from the 60-day disabled list and returned him to their 40-man roster. he will undoubtedly hold that roster spot throughout the offseason.

This is what the Orioles had to do with Albert Belle for several seasons.

That's a good question. We know that teams utilize the 15-day DL during spring training, although there's no roster implication until Opening Day. The main reason for doing that is that a player can come off sooner.

I don't recall players going to the 60-day DL during spring training, but I guess it can happen. Prince will certainly be going back as soon as he can and as soon as the Rangers can use his roster spot.

That’s the only thing Chicago’s good for: to tell people where Wisconsin is.

fielder is not retiring. if he were retiring, he'd forfeit what's guaranteed to him through 2020. he is part of the texas rangers organization, and is being paid by texas (and the amount pledged by detroit when they traded him).

fielder has not been designated for assignment, nor has he been released. he remains on the 60-day disabled list, and will until the season ends. at that point, texas can release him or trade him (likely forfeiting any insurance money), or they can add him back to their 40-man roster (which keeps him in the texas organization). come spring training 2017, fielder is a near-guarantee to be put back onto the 60-day disabled list, then back on the 40-man throughout the 2017-2018 offseason. keep repeating this until 2020, when his contract expires.

unless the rangers are super desperate for a 40-man roster spot in any of the next four offseasons, i can't see them cutting ties with fielder.

so, if you are hopeful that the brewers sign fielder, look for that to happen no earlier than 2021.

I'm sure they gave the insurance companies a small discount on the settlement. even $500k or $1M is a savings. What I'm curious about is why the insurance companies were willing to insure Prince, especially his back. If I gain 5 lbs, I can feel it. He was the heaviest sub 6' player in MLB history.

Prince had been one of the most durable players in baseball before he signed the contract, never missed games. They'd have no reason to think it would go like this. It's very rare that you can't insure a player, situations like Jabari Parker's upcoming contract, Joel Embiid's upcoming contract, Amare Stoudemire is famously one that couldn't be insured due to his knee injuries. Plus, baseball is the least injury risk sport especially for position players.

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